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Chapter 807 - 807 421 Black Mechanism Chiefs Directive (4000)

Chapter 807: 421 Black Mechanism Chief’s Directive (4000) Chapter 807: 421 Black Mechanism Chief’s Directive (4000) “Candle Soul?”

Solomon whispered, but no response came. The anticipated image of Candle Soul emerging from the shadows in a black robe failed to materialize. Instead, there was only the faint sound of summer insects from outside the house.

“Nobody here?”

He closed the door behind him, as if asking a question or murmuring to himself. Still, no response; the house remained filled with the quiet of the night.

Solomon searched the entire cabin, but it was empty.

“That’s odd, we agreed I would get the mission details tonight…”

His eyebrows knitted slightly with an uneasy feeling, yet he reassured himself internally. Perhaps Candle Soul had other important matters to attend to tonight and had left temporarily. He’d probably be back by this time tomorrow.

Solomon could only leave, feeling somewhat disappointed.

After all, if he could have gotten the exact location of the mission target tonight, he could have completed the first stage of the Shadow Hunters competition by as early as dawn or by tomorrow night at the latest. Since Casio had intercepted and killed his targets mid-mission twice, resulting in failures, Solomon had a shadow in his heart. The longer he went without capturing the mission target, the more he feared the probability it would be accidentally killed by someone else. He definitely did not want to be eliminated in disgrace after failing three times.

That wouldn’t just be a failure; it would make him the butt of the joke.

Taking a deep breath, Solomon left the cabin and dissolved into the darkness of the alley. He looked back once, planning to return the next day. By then, Candle Soul should already be sitting and waiting at the desk.

In the deep night, the sky resembled a black curtain with stars embedded within. The moonlight was somewhat dim, with a single cloud silently obscuring the moon. As a result, the brilliance of the stars outshone, seizing the stage.

The cold night breeze passed through a secluded corner of the city, bending the overgrown weeds on the mud ground slightly. There was also a scent of blood in the wind.

Faint, but persistent.

It seemed to emanate from an abandoned warehouse not far away.

The rectangular warehouse was a patchwork of bloodstains amidst the dark shadows.

Casio was an adept interrogator. Or rather, practitioners of the Southern Dipper Red Vulture Fist were all skilled interrogators. The Deathfang Power barely brushed the skin and muscles, and in an instant, flesh would tear open down to the bone. It was as if a myriad of dense teeth were climbing and gnawing until the physical body was consumed entirely.

Candle Soul’s arms were already stripped of flesh and blood, leaving only the white outlines of bones forming a crude palm structure.

But he was still tough, keeping his lips sealed and not divulging the information Casio wanted to know. Instead, the white-haired man trained by the Council, having lost just half of his right arm, began to scream and cry out, without pride, answering every question asked.

He spilled all the concealed information about the Council that he had access to, even including some matters on internal cooperation between certain senior council members and the Door Organization’s experiments on transforming dark creatures. Although it wasn’t much, it was enough to get a grasp on what the experiment field was all about.

The establishment time of the experiment field, the progress of the experiments, the source of the experimental materials, the duration of cooperation between the imperial Royal Family and the experiment field, and so on…

Casio listened quietly, finally understanding the situation.

No wonder the Dark Hunt Organization, an official supernatural force and such a behemoth, fell into ruin and collapse alongside the Hong Li Empire just a few years later.

It turned out that internal discord already existed, with some traitorous allies dragging down and even stabbing in the back! The Council and Imperial Royal Family of Hong Li were clearly playing such roles, and some of their members had already fallen, lured by the promise of extended lifespan.

With the unsuspecting being schemed against, the Dark Hunt Organization was inherently at a disadvantage.

The current Florence was a complex mesh of the Dark Hunt Organization, Hong Li Council, Imperial Royal Family, Door Organization, and dark creatures, each with their intricate agendas.

Clearly, the seeds of future chaos were already present.

Whoosh… A cold wind blew through the crack of the iron door. Casio slowly stood up, not bothering with the white-haired man rolling on the ground in pain. Instead, he fixed his gaze on Candle Soul. Over the next few days, he would be dealing closely with this member of the Door Organization, hopefully to both their likings.

Moonfall, sunrise, days and nights alternated, and several days passed in a blink.

Every night, Casio would enter the Shelter Tower in the World of Calamities, taking the familiar paths to the Howler’s Valley, to challenge one wraith after another.

This kind of actual combat between fighters was doubtlessly the best way to consolidate the rapidly inflated and somewhat unstable strength. Within a few days, he had fully mastered the breakthrough of the eight acupuncture points of the South Dipper Red Vulture Fist. The resonant state of the Southern Dipper Sonic Serpent Fist had also come to an end, reaching the same level. Moreover, through continuous battles, Casio managed to break through another acupuncture point, reaching a total of 31.

Now, with 31 points for the Red Vulture Fist and 31 points for the Sonic Snake Fist, he had a total of 62 points.

His body seemed like the stars in the heavens, red and purple lights intermingling, like a chessboard match, or a fierce bird and python caught in a deadly embrace.

Casio’s cultivation had entered a period of rapid growth.

It’s worth mentioning that Ghost Man and Iron Knight did not act alongside Casio anymore, and they didn’t even come to the World of Calamities. They took the largest number of Soul Jades back to Black Rain Villa to submit their mission and also completed Casio’s request. They infiltrated the Knight Rank group formed by the tyrannical Black Dragon and the Ripple Master, also taking the opportunity to recruit qualified Markers.